Speeding driver leads CHP on brief pursuit downtown Los Angeles

CHP pursue driver wanted for speed in DTLA

A driver was arrested in Pasadena after a brief pursuit through downtown Los Angeles Tuesday morning.

The chase started just before 6 a.m. after officers attempted to pull over a silver Mercedes-Benz sedan for speeding on the northbound Arroyo Seco (SR110) Parkway near Via Marisol, according to the California Highway Patrol.

A CHP motorcycle unit was following the driver on surface streets until the suspect pulled over in a residential area near San Gabriel and Del Mar boulevards.

The driver was taken into custody around 6:11 a.m. No injuries were reported.

Amy Maetzold

Amy Maetzold is a digital producer at CBS Los Angeles. She started her journalism career in Wisconsin where she was a producer at NBC15 and Spectrum News 1. Before coming to KCAL, Amy covered news in Santa Barbara at KEYT, winning a group Emmy Award for team coverage on the Alisal Fire.